久負盛名

久 = ㇏ + 勹 : Mnemonic symbol: an hourglass.

Joan of Arc (ji) has been waiting for ages (久) for the elephant (勹) to get up from the outhouse's living room (ou3) sofa. She point towards a huge expired hourglass (久) and pokes him with a finger (㇏) to make him finally get up.

负 = ⺈ + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol: an opossum (负鼠) who carries her babies on her back.

A few pals practice their cosplay on the space station's bathroom. They want to reenact the town musicians of Bremen, and so Frieda Fuchs stands at the bottom, the crab is on top of Frieda, the crane is on top of the crab, the opossum is on top of the crane, and the opossum carries her babies on her back.

盛 = 成 + 皿 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) put a few magic seeds into a shallow bowl (皿) and waits for them to flourish (盛) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He anxiously awaits for the flowering to finish, but the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成).

盛 = 成 + 皿 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) put a few magic seeds into a shallow bowl (皿) and waits for them to flourish (盛) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He anxiously awaits for the flowering to finish, but the progress bar is stuck at 99% (成).

名 = 口 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.